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Looks great.... not time for chrome plating and spinners...lol
Finally! I got my new Rickson 19.5 wheels
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JRhetts
Adventurer
As you can read above, we had stockton wheels that failed us in at least a somewhat similar way.
I was 'lucky' enough to limp in to a small town in the OR desert where a mining engineer was visiting his mother; he unequivocally told me that welding the rims would never solve the problem, so we replaced them at first with new Stockton rims which shortly also failed!!! Even later, we used Alcoa truck rims, and have never had another similar problem.
So, my counsel, for what it is worth [what exactly did you pay for it?], is: DO NOT RELY ON A WELD TO REPAIR A STOCKTON RIM!!! [OR ANY OTHER , FOR THAT MATTER.]
i think that you, like I, got stung, and for the safety of our families we have to migrate to and pay for a better product.
John
The simple, albeit potentially financially expensive solution, is to purchase QUALITY WHEELS FROM A GOOD VENDOR!!!
Is your life or vacation or trip around the world worth dealing with some jerk on the web who has horrible product reviews and customer service to get a "cheap price"??
Good wheel vendors:
MRW - Marsh Racing Wheels - will make just about anything
Allied Wheel - lots of popular wheel sizes, not sure about custom
Walker Evans Wheels - same notes as Allied
Rickson - no personal experience but never heard anything bad about them
Longs Wheel in Jacksonville Florida - will make almost anything
Plenty of good vendors out there people. Support the good vendors, especially those that support this and other good forums like Pirate and Mud. Hopefully the bad vendors will eventually die off, but like USA6x6 and others, they will screw a lot of people along the way first.
The internet is your friend here. Research and get references before ordering a product, especially an expensive or custom one that could ruin a trip or injure someone.
just my three cents worth.
Is your life or vacation or trip around the world worth dealing with some jerk on the web who has horrible product reviews and customer service to get a "cheap price"??
Good wheel vendors:
MRW - Marsh Racing Wheels - will make just about anything
Allied Wheel - lots of popular wheel sizes, not sure about custom
Walker Evans Wheels - same notes as Allied
Rickson - no personal experience but never heard anything bad about them
Longs Wheel in Jacksonville Florida - will make almost anything
Plenty of good vendors out there people. Support the good vendors, especially those that support this and other good forums like Pirate and Mud. Hopefully the bad vendors will eventually die off, but like USA6x6 and others, they will screw a lot of people along the way first.
The internet is your friend here. Research and get references before ordering a product, especially an expensive or custom one that could ruin a trip or injure someone.
just my three cents worth.
Just want to add my personal experience with Rickson worth a read if you are considering Rickson. http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...ehicle-Economical-build?p=1435284#post1435284
SkiFreak
Crazy Person
Holy crap!!!
If I were buying wheels, that saga of yours would definitely turn me off Rickson. Did you end up finding an alternative supplier?